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Monroe County School District in Sweetwater, TN

12,838 Population
63.1 square miles 203.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.2 ±2.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Monroe County: 45.2 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,731 ±$2,353 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Monroe County: $29,835 ±$1,377
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Tennessee: $39,437 ±$230
$47,010 ±$9,147 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Monroe County: $56,895 ±$2,810
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Tennessee: $69,595 ±$429

17.4% ±4.8% (2,204  ±638) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Monroe County: 15.5% † 7,172 (±2.2% / ±1,027)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 950,340 (±0.2% / ±15,734)

24.2 minutes ±1.5 (116,130  ±16,182) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Monroe County: 28.3 486,810 (±1.1 / ±29,668)
  • a little less than the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,287,850 (±0.1 / ±416,184)

Families

5,731 ±486 Number of households
  • Monroe County: 19,714 ±319
  • Tennessee: 2,824,277 ±6,378
2.2 ±0.3 (12,666  ±999) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Monroe County: 2.4 47,141 (±0 / ±17)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,917,933

2.2% ±2% (66  ±60) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Monroe County: 3.9% † 363 (±1.7% / ±156)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 86,308 (±0.2% / ±2,508)

Housing

6,001 ±490 Number of housing units
  • Monroe County: 21,764 ±63
  • Tennessee: 3,143,670 ±903

$188,600 ±$25,348 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Monroe County: $227,500 ±$11,877
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Tennessee: $286,700 ±$1,492

9.7% ±3.5% (1,241  ±458.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Monroe County: 11.9% † 5,645 (±2.1% / ±998.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Tennessee: 12.9% 901,364 (±0.2% / ±13,276.2)

Social

83.8% ±3% (7,839  ±695.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Monroe County: 85.6% 29,616 (±3.5% / ±1,205.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 90.1% 4,385,619 (±0.4% / ±18,161)
14% ±2.7% (1,311  ±272.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Monroe County: 17.1% † 5,924 (±1.8% / ±604.8)
  • about half the rate in Tennessee: 31.1% 1,512,601 (±0.2% / ±10,514.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.9% ±1.6% (500  ±212) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Monroe County: 2.2% 1,058
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 431,545

7.8% ±1.9% (806  ±210) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Monroe County: 7.9% † 2,988 (±1% / ±391)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 7.3% 399,814 (±0.1% / ±5,074)
806 Total veterans ±210 784 Male ±206 22 Female ±29

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